Thomas Petrou explains why he regrets Hype House\u2019s 6ix9ine collaboration YouTube: Thomas Petrou[jwplayer ksH6zuKH] The Hype House incited outrage from their fans after collaborating with rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine \u2014 and co-founder, Thomas Petrou, has explained why he thinks the pairing might not have been the best idea. Tekashi 6ix9ine surprised the entire internet after collaborating with several high-profile social media stars, including the likes of YouTuber Logan Paul and TikTokers from the Hype House. However, these creators were almost immediately met with backlash from fans, with many pointing out the accusations against 6ix9ine (which include assault, attempted murder, and even less savory claims involving minors). Despite the rapper\u2019s huge success coming out of law enforcement custody with \u2018Gooba,\u2019 it seems like public sentiment surrounding him has largely changed, and even caused several of the Hype House\u2019s members to delete the videos they\u2019d taken with him. Paparazzi from the Hollywood Fix caught up to the Hype House\u2019s Thomas Petrou and asked him about the outrage around his collaboration with 6ix9ine \u2014 to which the co-founder had a surprising answer: \u201c[It was] definitely not the move, but we all make mistakes and move on. I try to learn from them and not make the same ones in the future.\u201d \u201cI didn\u2019t really know all of the backstory to him,\u201d he continued. \u201cI knew the snitching stuff and the gang affiliation, and I was like, \u2018Probably not the best collab.\u2019 But I wasn\u2019t aware of half the s**t that was going on. That was my bad. Won\u2019t happen again.\u201d Petrou likewise admitted that he\u2019d worked out the collaboration with Tekashi\u2019s team in a single day, explaining that they were each using each other to gain views and exposure in a \u201cmutual thing.\u201d (Topic begins at 0:36) While he also acknowledged that many Hype House members have since taken down their videos with 6ix9ine, Petrou is leaving up his own vlog with the rapper, claiming that merely deleting an offensive post doesn\u2019t make a situation \u201cgo away,\u201d nor is it indicative of real change. They only regret it bc people got pissed at them for it they don\u2019t give a crap about what the dude did ??\u2640\ufe0f \u2014 Rayna (@raynadidathing) September 12, 2020 Of course he won\u2019t delete it because he knows it will get views.If he really regrets it he would delete it . \u2014 D (@kittycatdani1) September 12, 2020 So Thomas won\u2019t delete his video, but has already deleted over 1,000 YouTube videos when he relaunched himself as hype house manager\u2026 seems suss to me \u2014 Chrissie Dugmore (@chrissie_77) September 12, 2020 However, it doesn\u2019t look like critics are convinced of Petrou\u2019s claims, with many accusing the star of hoping to get revenue from views for the vlog by leaving it up. No matter which way you swing it, the reception around the 6ix9ine collaborations haven\u2019t been positive, and it seems like many influencers are thinking twice about the next celebrity they decide to bring aboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Thomas Petrou explains why he regrets Hype House\u2019s 6ix9ine collaboration YouTube: Thomas Petrou[jwplayer ksH6zuKH] The Hype House incited outrage from their fans after collaborating with rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine \u2014 and co-founder, Thomas Petrou, has explained why he thinks the pairing might not have been the best idea. Tekashi 6ix9ine surprised the entire internet after collaborating […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}